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Getting the most out of what you read.
Explore the resources below for help with reading strategies!
Meeting with a Peer Educator: Maximize your academic skills so you can work more efficiently and save time and effort. Having someone 'in your corner' who can share tips and strategies with you is a great way to work smarter, not harder!
Here's how:
Before, During, and After Strategies for Reading will help you understand and remember what your read. Great overall resource!
Improving Reading Comprehension is another resource to help you comprehend and retain more eff
ectively.
SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recall, Review) will lead you through steps to make sense of the text.
Mind Mapping will help your organize your thoughts and see how concepts interrelate. Great for studying too!
K-W-L (what I Know, what I Want to know, what I Learned) will help you activate and use your prior knowledge. So important to the learning process.
Utilize Learning Express for reading assistance. See Adult Learning Center - Becoming a Better Reader; see College Center - Reading Review.
Skill Surfer can also help with Reading skills. Select ESL, College, and/or Adult College Readiness topics.
How do I take notes that will be helpful?
Use these tried and true reading resources to get more meaning from your reading!
Learn about reading tips and strategies from the folks who know--Peer Tutors. They have been where you are and can help you maximize your reading efforts. To connect with a tutor, make an appointment in Tutor Match! Click here for step-by-step instructions. You'll select Success Skills in the Topic drop down and then select Reading Comprehension from the Subject drop down menu.
Other time savers:
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Handbook of College Reading and Study Strategy Research by This Handbook is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source available for college reading and study strategy practitioners and administrators. In response to changing demographics, politics, policy, issues, and concerns in the field of college reading and study strategies since publication of the first edition in 2000, this new edition has been substantially revised and fully updated to reflect the newest research in the field, including six new chapters and a more user-friendly structure to make it easier for researchers, program administrators, college instructors, and graduate students to find the information that they need. In this thorough and systematic examination of theory, research, and practice, college reading teachers will find information to make better instructional decisions, administrators will find justification for programmatic implementations, and professors will find in one book both theory and practice to better prepare graduate students to understand the parameters and issues of this field. The Handbook is an essential resource for professionals, researchers, and students as they continue to study, research, learn, and share more about college reading and study strategy issues and instruction.
Reading Comprehension Strategies by First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Wiring the Brain for Reading, Grades K-6 by Using the latest neuroscience research to enhance literacy instruction "Wiring the Brain for Reading" introduces teachers to aspects of the brain's functions that are essential to language and reading development. Marilee Sprenger, a specialist in learning and the brain, provides practical, "brain friendly," strategies for teaching essential skills like phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The author's innovative approach aligns well with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and is designed to enhance students' motivation and excitement in reading. Offers a clear explanation of brain functioning in order to enhance language and reading instruction Incorporates proven literacy strategies, games, and activities as well as classroom examples Aligns with Common Core State Standards for learning to read, developing fluency, and interpreting complex texts "Wiring the Brain for Reading" offers practical strategies for applying the latest research in neuroscience and learning to the classroom.
Reading Without Limits by Imagine a classroom where all students are engaged in highly rigorous and fun learning every single day. That classroom can be yours starting tomorrow. You don't have to be a reading specialist to pick up this book. Anyone who wants to dramatically improve reading achievement will find helpful suggestions. You might be a third grade teacher whose students have mastered decoding, and you are ready to build their comprehension. Or you might be a high school science teacher whose students aren't yet reading on level with deep critical thinking. This book is for you. It doesn't matter whether you are a public, charter, private, or alternative education teacher: the Reading Without Limits program works in each one. Along with hundreds of ready-to-use teaching strategies, Reading Without Limits comes with a supplemental website where teachers can download even more resources for free! Reading Without Limits is the first book offered in the KIPP Educator Series. KIPP, or the Knowledge is Power Program, began in 1994. As of Fall 2012, there are 125 KIPP schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia serving nearly 40,000 students climbing the mountain to and through college.